River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-23
WISCONSIN NEWS.

heV. Il. T. barr. or SnOWShOe, Pa.
has been called to the pastorship of the
Presbyterian church, Beloit.
Fond du Lac mas been added TO the
list OF free delivery postoffices at which
service will be established July 1.
The Wisconsin State Association of
Splritulists will hold its next quarterly
meeting in Omro, June "a, 25 and 26.
George Woodson, the only eolored
student of Beloit college, win deliver
the address at Beloit on Emancipation
lay.
Col. James II. Howe, of Kenosha. has
been appointed general counsel Of the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Oma-
ha railway.
Medford people celebrated the elee-
ton of Judge Parish by Illuminating
their houses, decorating with flags. and
attending dance.
Rev. A. Judson Ellsworth. of Alilwau-
kee. will address the alumni of Alfred
university, at Alfred Center. n Y. dur
ing commencement week.
Brighton Beach is new summer re-
sort station on the Milwaukee q North
ern railroad, near Menasha. 1t is on
the shore of Lake Winnebago.
The town of Saukville. Ozaukee
county, has been fined $3.50 for its fail
ure to rebuild a bridge that was wash
ed away h. high water several years
ago.
Willie Higiny. aged 10 years. fell in
to an unused mining shaft at Shullsburg
seventy feet deep. He was rescued
alive, but with his skull fractured and
other severe bruises. He win recover.
franklin Reynolds. 1O-vear-old son
of DIR. j. C. Reynolds. of Monroe. was
run over and trampled upon by pass
ing team, under which he ran, while
playing 1t is feared that he is serious
ly hurt.
Rewards aggregating 5000 are offered
for the apprehension and conviction of
the would-be assassin of City Marshal
Baker, of Monroe, the shots fired re-
sulting in inquiry to Charles Cunning
ham, friend and guest
Rev. DIR. Reid. who was deyoured by
cannibals in Africa recently, was at one
time a resider of Portage. studying
medicine with the late DIR. Waterhouse.
He is a brother of John Reid, of Crete.
Neb.. who lived nj one time in Mar
quette county.
The thirty men in Oshkosh who
made their living until the appoint
ment of game wardens, By catching
fish in Lake Ninnebago, are looking
for work. They say that the fishing
interests of Oshkosh Brought to the
city annually $500
While making an excavation for a
new building for the Armsted's tannery
| on Commercial street, Milwaukee. a
well was opened in which a live aliga-
CATER, measuring five feet, was found
| The beast was executed at once. and
two others in the well are awaiting the
same fate.
Miss Dell Johnson. yeung lady Of
about seventeen years, residing on
Bush Prairie. near Sparta, was the
victim of a serious accident. She was
eudeavOring to take down loaded shot
gun from rack when the gun was dis
charged and she received the contents
in Ter right hip.
The northern synod of the German
Evangelical Lutheran church held its
session at Boscobcl. Officers were
elected as follows President, Rev. c.
Ide, West Union. Ia; vice president.
R9v. II. Fuchr, ST. Sebald, Ia. secretary,
Rev. Z. Casselmann Charles City, Ia;
treasurer, Rev. II. Hong, Watertown,
| Wis. The principal question discussed
was as 10 whether a Christian NAV be Il
knight of labor. The discussion bore
heavily to the negative.
Judge Sale. of Evansville. hasdecided
4 ease that attracted great deal of in
terest- james J.. Perkins was trustee
of the will of Edward Burrall, of Beloit
He lent $500 belonging to the estate
to Human q Moody, the loan being
endorsed 10y the Rock River Paper com
pany. These firms have since failed
and the question was whether Mr. Per-
kins, in his accounting should be called
upon TO settle first. Judge Sale held
that he must be personally responsible.
The special train on the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore q Western railway, bearing
the directors of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul, was backing out from
an iron mine near Hurley, a 4-year-old
girl stepped upon the track and there
remained in spite of cries of warning.
As they approached the child, Conduc-
tor S. NJ. O'Brien made q desperate
leap from the coach. secured the child.
and swung himself and burden from
the track. Phil Armour presented Mr..
O'Brien with S50-dollar bill with the
thanks of the party.
The United States supreme court has
affirmed the verdict of the United States
circuit court in the case of the Muske-
gon National bank of Muskegon, Mich,
against the Northwestern Life Insur-
ance company Of Milwaukee The bank
had a $4,000 policy or the life Of Err
win q. COmstock, who died in June,
1881, and the insurance company re-
fused payment on the ground that the
injured man was habitually intemper-
ate. The lower court gave the bank
judgement for the full sum sued for,
and this judgement is now affirmed.
Winnie johnson, the latest woman
i'm the world, who has been on exhibit
ton in Wisconsin cities the past few
weeks was born slave in Kentucky.
and was in slavery twenty-five years
At the age of twenty-five she might
have weighed trine over l25 pounds,
and when married only "a pounds. At
thirty-seven years her weight was over
800, and at present is 733. Her arms
measure 30l inches around; thighs 533
inches; around her waist feet 10s
inches; her height is ) feet 81 inches,
and she is forty-seven years old. She
has had ten children in nine births.
Her husband has been dead four years.
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